[Libs-Or] LYRASIS Announces Participants for HBCU Photographic Preservation Project

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LYRASIS Selects Participants of the HBCU Library Alliance Photographic Preservation
Project
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Atlanta, GA - October 28, 2014 - LYRASIS and its partners, the Conservation Center
for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), HBCU Library Alliance, Image Permanence 
Institute (IPI), and University of Delaware (UD) Art Conservation Department, have
selected five Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) to participate 
in the third HBCU Preservation Project. The 28-month project, funded with a grant
from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, addresses the preservation needs of special
photographic and magnetic media collections and enables increased use of this content
for instruction and research.

All of the HBCUs that participated in the first two Preservation Projects were invited
to apply and the following were selected for participation in the project based 
on the significance  of their collections and institutional capacity related to 
 preservation, special collections and community engagement:

*  The Atlanta University Center - Robert Woodruff Library (GA),
* Fisk University (TN)
* Hampton University (VA)
* Johnson C. Smith University (NC)
* Tuskegee University (AL)

These HBCUs hold extensive and important collections that document the African American
experience from Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Era in photographs and magnetic
media (e.g., audio cassette tapes, video tapes, and reel-to-reel tape recordings).
Access to much of the content in these collections has been limited or non-existent.
Each of these institutions will receive grants of up to $50,000 to fund preservation
and access efforts for photographic and/or magnetic media special collections. This
may include: repair, cleaning, and re-housing of materials; reformatting of selected
collection items; and/or consulting to improve environmental conditions for special
collections. During the project, library and archives staff will conduct outreach
to  faculty and other HBCUs, as well as speak at professional conferences in  order
to promote use and awareness of the contents of their  collections. All five HBCUs
will also employ student interns to work on project materials to cultivate an interest
among undergraduates in careers in librarianship as well as archival conservation
and environmental science.

"I am excited to continue this important work by collaborating with these five institutions
and build on the momentum from the first two projects," stated Steve Eberhardt, 
HBCU Preservation Project Coordinator at LYRASIS. "This project will increase the
impact that these formerly inaccessible, yet extremely valuable and unique collections
will have on scholarly research and the documenting of U.S. history."

"LYRASIS is honored to be a part of this effort in preserving and sharing this invaluable
and culturally rich information with the larger community," stated Kate Nevins, 
Executive Director of LYRASIS. "This project is yet another example of our commitment
to working with libraries to increase access to content by leveraging digitization,
technology and expertise of a diverse and collaborative group of information professionals."
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About LYRASIS

LYRASIS, a non-profit membership organization, partners with member libraries, archives
and museums to create, access and manage information with an emphasis on digital
 content, while building and sustaining collaboration, enhancing operations and 
technology, and increasing buying power. For more information, please visit www.lyrasis.org
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